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Friday, May 31, 2013

G29: 486787856 Mauduit-Hanslope

486787856. William Mauduit &
486787857. Matilda of Hanslope

William born in England, s/o §William Mauduit & Hawise ?.

By 1103, William’s father died; his brother Robert succeeding
in lands, and the office of Chamberlain.

1121-24, Notitia of the livery by John of Bayeux to Bernard the
scribe of the land and houses in London which were of Gisulf, … Witness …
Robert keeper of the King’s seal; Mark the physician; … William Mauduit; Robert
de Vere, Warin Sheriff of Somerset; …

By 1122, Writ of Robert, son of Henry I, informing William of
Eynsford and his wife Hawise that he has restored to William Mauduit the land
which his brother Robert held of him. (S) Pipe Roll Society, V82, 1974, P96.

1130, William Pont de L’Arched held Robert’s lands and office,
and the marriage of the daughter, for a fine of 1000 marks. William held
Shalden, Hartley and Fyfield. (S) Chivalry in Medieval England, Saul, 2011, P27.

1130-31, William married Matilda, the marriage a gift of King
Henry I. (S) Government of England Under Henry I, Green, 1989, P176.

1130-31, King Henry gave the estates of Michael of Hanslope to
William Mauduit. (S) Victoria History – Northampton, 2002, P82.

1131, William Mauduit, lord of Hartley Maudit, near Alton, and
of Portchester, the ‘camera curie.’

8/1131 at Arques, Normandy, Notification by Henry I … restored
and granted to William, son of Walter de Beauchamp, his dispenser, the land
that his father held from whatever lord; and his father's office of dispenser.
… Witnesses: … Robert Earl of Leicester; Robert de Vere; Miles of Gloucester; …
Payn fitz John; Eustace fitz John; Geoffrey fitz Payn; William Maltravers;
William de Albini, … William Mauduit.

8/1132, King Henry crossed to the sea to Normandy, never to
return to England. [William likely with King Henry.]

5/1133, Most of London
including the church of St. Paul the Apostle was destroyed by fire.

1150, Confirmation by Robert de Chesney, bishop of Lincoln, of
the grant his predecessor Alexander made to the chamberlain William Mauduit,
concerning the resiting of the church of Hanslope. (S) Pipe Roll Society, V82, 1974,
P100.

5/1153 at Leicester, William Mauduit, regranted the
chamberlainship of the treasury and 100 librates of land in the agreements of
Duke Henry and King Stephen. William also received 13 pence a day, his meals in
the household, and various allowances. (S) Pipe Roll Society, V82, 1974, P53.

11/6/1153, At Westminster, the Treaty of Wallingford recognized
Duke Henry as the heir of his cousin King Stephen. Stephen was to reign without
dispute until his death. William Mauduit’s grants from earlier in the year
confirmed.

12/19/1154, Henry II
succeeded King Stephen of England.

1155, William Mauduit in Northamptonshire and Earl Patrick in
Dorset – Angevin supporters, listed in the pipe roll as ‘terrae datae.’ (S)
Anarchy of King Stephen’s Reign, King, 1994, P137.

1156, Warin FitzGerald and William Mauduit chamberlains. [Note:
The earliest existing “liberate”, which is of this time, names William as a
chamberlain.]

By 1158, William deceased.

(S) Court, Household and Itinerary of King Henry II, Eyton,
1878. (S) Chapters in the Administrative History of Medieval England, Tout,
1920. (S) History and Antiquities of the County of Buckingham, V4, Lipscomb,
1847, P165.

Family notes:

·1086, William Mauduit ‘Camerarius’ [died 1103] in
the Domesday survey holding Fyfield, which in 1130 is held by this William. (S)
Herald and Genealogist, V5, 1870, P143.

Children of William and Matilda:i. Alice Mauduit, born 1135 in England.

Alice married 1st, John de Biden.

1180, John died.

Alice married Fulk de Lisures.

1185, Alice, sister of William Maudit, and widow of Fulk de
Lisures, had 2 sons who were knights, 2 sons not knights, 6 daughters who were
married, and 3 daughters unmarried. (S) The Lady in Medieval England, Coss,
2000, P28.

ii. William Mauduit (243393928), born ~1140 in England.iii. Sibilla Mauduit, born ? in England.